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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80853</law_id><section_number>6.2-1369</section_number><catch_line>Credit union need not inquire as to fiduciary funds used to purchase shares in fiduciary&amp;#8217;s personal account</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="13">Credit Unions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="8">Accounts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If any fiduciary or agent purchases <span class="dictionary">shares</span> in a <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> in his own name (i) with share drafts or other instruments drawn by him upon an account in his own name as fiduciary, (ii) with share drafts or other instruments drawn by him upon an account in the name of his principal, if he is empowered to draw share drafts or other instruments thereto, or (iii) with share drafts or other instruments payable to his principal and endorsed by him as fiduciary, the <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> issuing such <span class="dictionary">shares</span> shall not be bound to inquire whether the fiduciary is committing thereby a breach of his obligation as fiduciary. <a id="paragraph-289817" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1369/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> is authorized to pay the amount of the <span class="dictionary">shares</span> issued or any part thereof upon the withdrawal by the fiduciary without being liable to the principal, unless the <span class="dictionary">credit union</span> receives payment for the <span class="dictionary">shares</span> or pays the withdrawal (i) with the actual knowledge that the fiduciary, in purchasing such <span class="dictionary">shares</span> or in making such withdrawal, is committing a breach of his obligation as a fiduciary, or (ii) with knowledge of such <span class="dictionary">facts</span> that its action in issuing the <span class="dictionary">shares</span> or paying the withdrawal amounts to bad faith. <a id="paragraph-289818" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1369/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, c. 744, &#xA7; 6.1-225.50:2; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
